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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

November is almost over, but I made it in under the wire! In honor of November being Chrohn's Disease Awareness month, I interviewed MaKenzie who was diagnosed with Chrohn's when she was just nine years old.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

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To the mom whose child just got a feeding tube,

Right now, you're probably pretty overwhelmed. You've just been thrown into a world you never expected to be a part of, and it's scary. There are tubes and syringes, feeding schedules and pumps, and possibly a stoma if a G, GJ, or J tube is involved.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

November is GERD Awareness month! GERD stands for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and affects approximately 20% of the US population. It's also referred to as acid reflux, heartburn, and acid indigestion by doctors.

Davy and I both have GERD and it definitely affected Davy as an infant. He vomited a lot and battled constant GI issues because of it.

Holly's 22 month old daughter, Elizabeth has GERD. She graciously let me interview her to learn her story and raise awareness for the disease.

Friday, November 11, 2016

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My kids are watching the mail like hawks right now. Why? Because they know that Mommy does most of her shopping online, including the Christmas shopping.

Which is also why I'm glad that the mail usually comes while the older kids are in school.

Anyways...if you're like me, you can sometimes have a hard time figuring out what to get your kids for Christmas. I don't like to spend a lot of money on their gifts since they also get a lot from relatives. Bigger ticket items are usually reserved for birthdays.

With that in mind, I put together a gift guide of toys under $20 each for kids of all ages. I hope you find some good ideas for your Christmas list!

Thursday, November 10, 2016

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I want to do something with the kids this Christmas that encourages them
to put others first and focus on the real reason of Christmas. After
being inspired by this book, I put together a list of 30 random acts of kindness that I can do with them at Christmas and all year round!

I thought it would be a good idea to leave a little note with each
random act of kindness so I created this printable sheet of cards to cut
up. I plan to print mine on card stock to make them a little more heavy
duty. I'm also going to print extras to keep in my wallet for those
times when I come across an opportunity to do a random act of kindness
unexpectedly :) If you don't feel like making your own, you can buy some really cute ones here.

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

This is a sponsored post and I received product to write my review. However all opinions expressed here are my own. This post also contains affiliate links.

Davy had just been discharged from his nine day hospital stay. Just the day before, he'd had surgery for a G Tube placement, and I was terrified of that little button in his tummy.

It took me several nervous breakdowns and four training sessions with a G Tube nurse in the hospital before I was even able to hook up the extension tube to Davy's Mini One Button. Thankfully, the nurse provided me with a dvd that she had made for her patients that gave details on what to expect when your child gets a G Tube. She also brought me a stuffed bunny? kangaroo? (we're still not sure what it is...) that had a G Tube that I could practice on without the stress of having to hook up an extension tube to a screaming, flailing two month old baby.